Current Weather ~ comments from wonderments to whines.

[Jo498]

I have been twice to California (basically as a tourist in august 96 and in october 2004) and it was beautiful, no draught or fires I remember. So to some extent I do understand the attraction. And an earthquake is "theoretical" and might seem remote.
But the forest fires are terrifying and I think the point that there is simply not enough water for the needs of a 21st century water-wasting civilization who also decided that that region should be the fruitbasket of a huge nation, is valid.

[vandermolen]

Cloudy, grey skies, no longer hot and about to rain. 

[Hollywood]

I have been twice to California (basically as a tourist in august 96 and in october 2004) and it was beautiful, no draught or fires I remember. So to some extent I do understand the attraction. And an earthquake is "theoretical" and might seem remote.

You must have visited northern Calif. which is a different world compared to southern Calif. Did you visit in the summer because for as long as I can remember there was a huge wildfire happening in SoCal. Also earthquakes happen everyday in Calif. but you don't feel them all the time. I survived at least two earthquakes in SoCal that were over 6.5 and unfortunately "the big one" is way overdue and I hope it doesn't hit while I am in Los Angeles this fall.

[Jo498]

As I said, second time it was early october, fairly chilly in San Francisco and not too hot in L.A. Even Death Valley was almost pleasant, at least the higher altitude part (Scotty's castle?) But large parts of the Death Valley NP were closed because of flooding!
The first time was late July or early August and we drove first from San Francisco to Yosemite NP and then back to the coast and down to San Diego. I do not remember wildfires but it is almost exactly 20 years ago now, so I might have forgotten. I do remember that a few weeks earlier fires were forbidden on one campground in Oregon or Washington because of the wildfire risk.

[Karl Henning]

Tornado hit Concord, Mass. today.

[North Star]

Tornado hit Concord, Mass. today.

Time to listen to Op. 109? 

Quite rainy here, once again.

[Holden]

A fine but partly cloudy day today here on Australia's Gold Coast. This is before a rain event tomorrow. Today's temp is expected to be about 25C with a drop of a couple of degrees tomorrow. We are officially still in winter.

[NikF]

It's raining. But I went for a run through the park because I wanted to stretch my legs after yesterday at the gym. The sight and sound of the rain almost feels part of the routine anyway.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

The weather here.

[zamyrabyrd]

I have been twice to California (basically as a tourist in august 96 and in october 2004) and it was beautiful, no draught or fires I remember. So to some extent I do understand the attraction. And an earthquake is "theoretical" and might seem remote.
But the forest fires are terrifying and I think the point that there is simply not enough water for the needs of a 21st century water-wasting civilization who also decided that that region should be the fruit basket of a huge nation, is valid.

I read an article recently (maybe can find it again) that federal appropriation of land is more than partially responsible for leaving large areas in California open to conflagrations. The premise of the article was if the land were broken up then private ownership and enterprise would make a water distribution system more likely. Somehow, I think there has been a lot of waste in water supplies over the years, ground water drying up, etc.

[Karl Henning]

Beastly humid in New York and Boston today.

[Hilltroll73(Ukko)]

Too blasted humid. That pesky ex-hurricane must have sucked Southern Air along with it as it bumbled up the seaboard. At this time of year, Canadian Air is much preferable.

[Damn! The Wodehouse syndrome is still affecting me.]